Invictus does deal for NSW assets
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Invictus Gold has exercised its option to acquire full ownership of the Rangitira gold project and the Commonwealth gold-volcanic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit,...
View ArticleFirestone suspends share trading
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Dual listed Firestone Energy on Friday suspended share trading, after it failed to conclude negotiations with Ariona Company regarding a A$12.5-million investment into...
View ArticleAnglos a South African company Minister reminds new CEO
at a Chamber of Mines of South Africa function in his honour. "We hope you’ll make sure that it remains South African," the Minister added. Her comments follow those of African National Congress ...
View ArticleMaiden resource for Celsius in Kyrgyz
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Coal developer Celsius Coal has declared a maiden resource of 255-million tons at its Uzgen Basin project, in the Kyrgyz Republic. The junior reported on Friday that the...
View ArticleHard coking coal bonanza at Makhado - CoAL
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The coal that is to be produced at South Africa-focused Coal of Africa’s (CoAL’s) Makhado project in South Africa’s Limpopo province has the potential to be a...
View ArticleIron ore demand seen climbing b...
China's 2013 demand for iron ore, a major material used in steel production, is expected to jump by 5.7 percent year-on-year to 1.11 billion tons, according to China Iron and Steel Association (CISA)...
View ArticleFunds raised to explore Chinas mineral deposits
China set aside 33 billion yuan (5.3 billion U.S. dollars) from central and provincial budgets by the end of 2011 for mine exploration, the natural resources watchdog said Monday. A Ministry of Land...
View ArticleChile approves Barricks Cerro Casale copper gold project
Environmental authorities in northern Chile Thursday approved plans by Barrick Gold to develop its Cerro Casale copper-gold mine. But the Canadian firm, the world's largest producer of the precious...
View ArticleUK Government Backs Seabed Mining Industry - Report
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has voiced support for plans to mine the international seabed for valuable metals after a U.K. unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) won an exploration license, the...
View ArticleTemex Announces Private Placement
March 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Temex Resources Corp. (TSX-V: TME), (FWB: TQ1) ("Temex" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") with an Insider of the...
View Article“Extend Mining Reforms Beyond Collecting Taxes”
Dr. Yao Graham, Coordinator of the Third World Network Africa (TWN-Africa), has called on the Government Negotiating Team (GNT) responsible for reforming Ghana's operative mining regime to look beyond...
View ArticleInterior Department ‘Shell screwed up’ drilling in Arctic
WASHINGTON - Shell failed to oversee contractors that were central to its bungled efforts to explore for oil in the Arctic waters off Alaska last year, the Interior Department has concluded.“Shell...
View ArticleRio pays nearly $12bn in taxes
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining giant Rio Tinto on Friday reported that it had paid some $11.6-billion in global taxes during 2012. In its voluntary tax report, the miner noted most of the taxes were...
View ArticlePolis introduces oil gas drilling bill
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has introduced a bill that he says would close a loophole in federal law that exempts oil and gas drilling from certain provisions of the federal Clean Air...
View ArticleRio confirms status as Australia’s biggest tax payer in 2012
Australia's biggest tax payer in 2012, shelling out nearly US$9 billion - 75% of the overall bill.Worldwide, the company paid US$11.6 billion, up from US$10.2 billion in 2011, with Canberra taking...
View ArticleObama touts $2B energy trust fund using drilling royalties
President Obama on Friday is expected to push for a plan that would use royalties from oil and gas drilling to further research for alternative-energy vehicles. President Barack Obama on Friday is...
View ArticleObama seeks $2B for clean-fuels research
Obama will propose using $2 billion in revenue from oil and gas leases to pay for research on energy-efficient vehicles, the White House said. Obama was to present his proposition Friday in a visit to...
View ArticleGhana To Set Up ‘Gold City’ Facility To Add Value To Minerals
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini has hinted that government could leverage on the expertise of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) as a springboard to...
View ArticleTen banks to back up Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi report
At least ten banks have committed close to $300 million each to back up Rio Tinto's (LON, ASX:RIO) massive copper-gold Oyu Tolgoi mine in ...
View ArticleTasman announces results of AGM
March 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV: TSM) (Frankfurt: T61) (NYSE MKT: TAS) is pleased to announce that at the Company's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders...
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